Ormocarpum Explained

Ormocarpum is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 17 species native to tropical and southern Africa and parts of India, Indochina, Malesia, Papuasia, and the South Pacific. The genus was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Dalbergia clade of the Dalbergieae.^{[1] [2]}

Species

Ormocarpum comprises the following species:^{[3] [4] [5]}

• Ormocarpum acuminatum

• Ormocarpum bernierianum (Baill.) Du Puy & Labat

• Ormocarpum cochinchinense (Lour.) Merr.

• Ormocarpum drakei R. Vig.
• Ormocarpum flavum J.B.Gillett

• Ormocarpum keniense J.B.Gillett
• Ormocarpum kirkii S.Moore
• Ormocarpum klainei Tisser.
• Ormocarpum megalophyllum Harms

• Ormocarpum muricatum Chiov.

• Ormocarpum pubescens (Hochst.) Cufod. ex J.B.Gillett

• Ormocarpum schliebenii Harms
• Ormocarpum sennoides (Willd.) DC.

• Ormocarpum suberosum Teijsm. & Binn. (unplaced)

• Ormocarpum trachycarpum (Taub.) Harms
• Ormocarpum trichocarpum (Taub.) Engl.

• Ormocarpum verrucosum P. Beauv.

• Ormocarpum zambesianum

Notes and References

1. Lavin M, Pennington RT, Klitgaard BB, Sprent JI, de Lima HC, Gasson PE . 2001 . The dalbergioid legumes (Fabaceae): delimitation of a pantropical monophyletic clade . . 88 . 3 . 503–33 . 11250829 . 10.2307/2657116. 2657116 .
2. Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk BE, Wojciechowskie MF, Lavin M . 2013 . Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes . . 89 . 58–75 . 10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001 . free . 10566/3193 . free .
3. Thulin M, Lavin M . 2001 . Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Ormocarpum Group (Fabaceae): A New Genus Zygocarpum from the Horn of Africa Region . . 26 . 2 . 299–317 . 2666709.
4. Web site: ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Ormocarpum . . International Legume Database & Information Service . Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics . 7 February 2014 .
5. Web site: GRIN species records of Ormocarpum . USDA . USDA . ARS . Agricultural Research Service . National Genetic Resources Program . Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database] . National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland . 7 February 2014 .